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Stay safer online or get files from corrupted Windows install

[tweetmeme source=”franscomputerservices” only_single=false]So, you need to get your files from your computer, but Windows won’t boot due to malware infection, or defective hardware or corrupted Windows install? Or maybe you just want to have a safe way to surf the Internet, or more safely do your online banking?

Clark76’s post entitled Saving files on a corrupt OS tells you how to use Ubuntu Linux LiveCD to get your files from a corrupted Windows install and backup/save them to a Flash drive for later restoration.

The only thing I would add to that posting is to make sure that if you reinstall Windows on the system, make sure that an antivirus software package is installed before trying to recover/copy the files back to your user account on Windows.

There are just two ways that a Linux LiveCD can keep you safer online, or help you avert/recover from disaster. Linux LiveCDs are also a safer way to browse the Internet in these uncertain times since you can choose to disallow any changes to your system when booting your computer to a LiveCD.